How long are you having to wait? The way you worded that sounds like 4+ months.

When i went to place an order they could have gotten me a 2013 spec boat but it wouldn't have arrived until recently. Currently we are right in the middle of winter so it wouldn't have been much good until spring.

I think it's an interesting thread to a) see different occupations of people in our hobby (example - I didn't know there was a career for locomotive load planners!) b) see the age of said people and c) The priorities of everyone (financially). There's nothing wrong with going out and getting a 15 year loan on a boat, it's just what your priorities are!

Me-26 years old, a machinist, and I'm half owner with my father in law of a Machine Shop that makes oil field tools
My wife is an RN and 25
We bought our first house 2 years ago in our home town on the lake, I drive a 2006 Chevy 1/2 ton that's paid for and she has a 2010 Chevy 4x4 that's our tow rig.
Boat is a 2002 Moomba Kamberra that is our first boat
I have been blessed in a ton of ways from my father in law, who has taught me a ton, and my wife who believes in hard work!! Hard work goes a long way!!!
Don't have any pics of either truck, but you can kind of see mine in the last pic

My Dad bought a 1988 Ski Nautique brand new in 1988. That is the boat I learned to wakeboard on in 98.

My Dad started letting me take the boat out on my own in 2001. I eventually bought it from him for $8k in 2009. (Which was probably more than it was worth but was a fair price to me considering all the hours I put on it.)

In 2011 I purchased a 2000 Super Air Nautiquefor $19,500 cash. A Super Air is the only material thing I've ever really wanted so I guess I'm set for life.

I am an attorney of 5 years and made low six figures for the first time last year. I have a good group of friends that love wakeboarding as much as myself and so we share maintenance costs. I have never owned a truck or tow vehicle but my friends do. They can take my boat when they please and I can use their trucks when I please. Their have been a few minor issues along the way with people feeling like others weren't pulling their weight but overall it has been great. I'm very blessed to have such great friends.

What's fun to think about was how I contemplated buying a sweet pair of $40 board shorts in 2001 and worried about how it would affect my budget and now owning the coolest thing I could (and still can) think of ten years later.

I'm 21 and a Signalman for a contractor on the railroad. No mortgage (yet) currently looking. Sacrificed keeping an older truck for a newer boat. It's a 98 Z71. With my work schedule I'm gone 8 days then home for five. So, I'd really never drive a new truck since I'm on the water every day I'm home. Boat is a 2007 Wakesetter 23LSV. Almost put 90 hours on her already this year!
The day I brought it home.

My Dad bought a 1988 Ski Nautique brand new in 1988. That is the boat I learned to wakeboard on in 98.

My Dad started letting me take the boat out on my own in 2001. I eventually bought it from him for $8k in 2009. (Which was probably more than it was worth but was a fair price to me considering all the hours I put on it.)

In 2011 I purchased a 2000 Super Air Nautiquefor $19,500 cash. A Super Air is the only material thing I've ever really wanted so I guess I'm set for life.

I am an attorney of 5 years and made low six figures for the first time last year. I have a good group of friends that love wakeboarding as much as myself and so we share maintenance costs. I have never owned a truck or tow vehicle but my friends do. They can take my boat when they please and I can use their trucks when I please. Their have been a few minor issues along the way with people feeling like others weren't pulling their weight but overall it has been great. I'm very blessed to have such great friends.

What's fun to think about was how I contemplated buying a sweet pair of $40 board shorts in 2001 and worried about how it would affect my budget and now owning the coolest thing I could (and still can) think of ten years later.

Hard work pays off.

I'm a Canadian who had Chris Hansen (who I think is the current owner of the red 2001 in those pics) look at a sport nautique for me in Phoenix. We took a quick peek at your boat on the way out to Saguaro at the end of May. Congrats it's a beauty! Then I towed that Sport Nautique over 2000 miles all the way home. Enjoy that Super Air

I am 40 years old. I am a CPA and work as a Senior Accountant in a Govt Job (electric company) where I only have to work my 40 hours a week and have a generous amount of vacation. I've never been an entreprener, so I just "work to live". I'm married and have a 7 year old son. My child support is probably equivalant to a very nice car or boat payment, and I got divorced at the peak of the housing market and had to write a $50k check to my ex to keep my house. But life happens and my wife now is 1000x a better match for me and we're remarkably happy. The wife works as a Customer Service Rep at the same Utility as I do. She covers her truck/insurance/cell/groceries and I take care of the rest.

I have a 92 Supra Sunsport that I got for under $10k and have been modding. I have a modest 5 year $135 a month boat payment.

Our Tow Vehicle is my wife's. It's a 2009 Honda Ridgeline that she takes care of the payment/insurance on.

My Rain/Snow car is a 99 Audi A6 Avant. I picked it up cheap with 180k miles on it. I got a little $5k loan to get it but put the loan on the Jeep to get a better interest rate. We take it up to the mountain skiing and snowboarding every weekend all winter long. I also daily it because the M3 has 150k miles and I save the M3 for nice weather now.
Summer mode:
Winter mode:

I used to daily drive my 2000 Jeep TJ before I got all of the above. It's just turned 100k miles and even though I don't use it hardly at all, I don't have the heart to disappoint my 7 year old and get rid of it. It's totally built up for rock crawling and has a mod list a mile long.

I have a (paid for) Chalet Alpine travel trailer that we use on Jeep trips and for camping:

I have a 2005 ZX-6R (paid for) that I used to do track days on, but lately it's been the occasional zip through the twisty moutain roads...

I live in a modest 10 year old 1800 square foot house that I can afford the payment on, but all my equity got sucked out to pay off the ex-wife in the divorce.

Don't really have much of a savings to speak of. But have a nice retirement though work and we are living life our way and enjoying a wide variety of recreation. Had a friend that needed a place to stay, so we rent out a room in our house, and that happens to offset the child support.

Obviously, if I combined all my toys into one truck/boat combo, I could have something a lot nicer. But I waited 20 years to buy my first boat and am really having a blast (despite the tranny getting rebuilt right now) making memories with my family. I tend to buy older toys that look like they're worth a lot more than they are to make my dollar stretch.

^^never sell your jeep! They are timeless and in the summer evenings no top no doors it's what's up.

I was getting frustrated with all the toys having issues at once and the work it was taking to get ready for the 4x4 Jamboree that I just went on this past weekend. But hearing my 7 year old go, "Daddy, please don't sell the Jeep" melted my heart. We had a blast on the Jamboree and did some hardcore trails and the Jeep handled everything like a boss.
And moments like this in the shadow of Mt Ranier are pretty awesome.

Although as far as cruising around on sunny days, the 10 second power top on the BMW tends to trump the Jeep. LOL. I guess I'm spoiled.

Words of advice....don't sell the Jeep! You'll just go buy another in a couple years. That's what I did.

BTW: Sweet looking Jeep!

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I was getting frustrated with all the toys having issues at once and the work it was taking to get ready for the 4x4 Jamboree that I just went on this past weekend. But hearing my 7 year old go, "Daddy, please don't sell the Jeep" melted my heart. We had a blast on the Jamboree and did some hardcore trails and the Jeep handled everything like a boss.
And moments like this in the shadow of Mt Ranier are pretty awesome.

Although as far as cruising around on sunny days, the 10 second power top on the BMW tends to trump the Jeep. LOL. I guess I'm spoiled.

I'm not sure how this turned into a random bragging session about everything that people possibly own? I will say each individual's career and spendable income matters a whole lot where you live and in my area housing averages 500k and up so people don't usually have those paid off at young ages.

But...since the topic is taking a momentary turn, I'll play along for the moment with one of my toys. Btw I'm 33 and a MRI Technologist, the wifey is an RN.

24 years old
living at home for the time being
$550/month in college loans
work for my families plumbing and hvac company
flipping a house
drive a 2012 ram tradesman quad cab (don't pay for gas to and from work)
dad has a 1985 American Skier that sat in the garage with a cracked block, sank $5k and a lot of time into rebuilding the engine during college
threw a fly high pole on and now I'm addicted to wakeboarding!!

28 years old married with three beautiful daughters. I'm an operations manager for an industrial cleaning company. We bought our house 3 years ago, side access so that's where the boat lives. Success is all about hard work, dedication, and doing the right thing. I couldnt be happier with my life and my family. My job allows me to be 99% of the time and allows me to be there for all my kids school events.

As it sits with the system 31. With just wetsound interiors and an amp 23. And ya I wanna get a 215. This was my first boat and was a perfect first boat but I want built in ballast perfect pass and just a little bigger boat!

Ya I put it on Craigslist. No one is gonna want it with the system which is fine I wanna put it in whatever boat I get. But ya I looked at an axis. Once those a24s come
Out there's gonna be alot of trade ins on A22s

28 years awesome, I am the territory rep for a small to medium sized lubricant company for our powersports division. ball SO hard.

Unmarried, but my girlfriend and I split most the living expenses. She does something for a large medical device company.

2003 Silverado SS - paid cash, I just have a thing for those trucks and had wanted one since they came out. 8 years later I finally bought one

2006 Wakesetter VLX - loan

2 properties - I won't glorify my second one like I know some have as an "investment property". I am upside down on it so it was converted to a rental. I will probably end up keeping it though. It will be paid off by the time I am 50. Will probably purchase more rentals in the future.

I'm 37, Union Steamfitter in San Jose Ca.
Wife stays home with our two kids.
Small mortgage on my home.
Wife drives an 05 Tahoe Z71 that I paid cash for new.
I drive an 08 Chevy 3500 diesel dually, paid off.
We have an 07 Calabria Pro V.
We "camp" in a 42' gearbox Toy Hauler- no toys yet though unless you count my daughters Barbie Powerwheel.
I just bought another 68 Firebird to restore.
And My favorite is my 71 C-20, got it when Dad passed away.

I am 40 years old. I am a CPA and work as a Senior Accountant in a Govt Job (electric company) where I only have to work my 40 hours a week and have a generous amount of vacation. I've never been an entreprener, so I just "work to live". I'm married and have a 7 year old son. My child support is probably equivalant to a very nice car or boat payment, and I got divorced at the peak of the housing market and had to write a $50k check to my ex to keep my house. But life happens and my wife now is 1000x a better match for me and we're remarkably happy. The wife works as a Customer Service Rep at the same Utility as I do. She covers her truck/insurance/cell/groceries and I take care of the rest.

I have a 92 Supra Sunsport that I got for under $10k and have been modding. I have a modest 5 year $135 a month boat payment.

Our Tow Vehicle is my wife's. It's a 2009 Honda Ridgeline that she takes care of the payment/insurance on.

My Rain/Snow car is a 99 Audi A6 Avant. I picked it up cheap with 180k miles on it. I got a little $5k loan to get it but put the loan on the Jeep to get a better interest rate. We take it up to the mountain skiing and snowboarding every weekend all winter long. I also daily it because the M3 has 150k miles and I save the M3 for nice weather now.
Summer mode:
Winter mode:

I used to daily drive my 2000 Jeep TJ before I got all of the above. It's just turned 100k miles and even though I don't use it hardly at all, I don't have the heart to disappoint my 7 year old and get rid of it. It's totally built up for rock crawling and has a mod list a mile long.

I have a (paid for) Chalet Alpine travel trailer that we use on Jeep trips and for camping:

I have a 2005 ZX-6R (paid for) that I used to do track days on, but lately it's been the occasional zip through the twisty moutain roads...

I live in a modest 10 year old 1800 square foot house that I can afford the payment on, but all my equity got sucked out to pay off the ex-wife in the divorce.

Don't really have much of a savings to speak of. But have a nice retirement though work and we are living life our way and enjoying a wide variety of recreation. Had a friend that needed a place to stay, so we rent out a room in our house, and that happens to offset the child support.

Obviously, if I combined all my toys into one truck/boat combo, I could have something a lot nicer. But I waited 20 years to buy my first boat and am really having a blast (despite the tranny getting rebuilt right now) making memories with my family. I tend to buy older toys that look like they're worth a lot more than they are to make my dollar stretch.

I saw your boat on a previous thread. Very cool to hear the background. love the storm troopin

28 years awesome, I am the territory rep for a small to medium sized lubricant company for our powersports division. ball SO hard.

Unmarried, but my girlfriend and I split most the living expenses. She does something for a large medical device company.

2003 Silverado SS - paid cash, I just have a thing for those trucks and had wanted one since they came out. 8 years later I finally bought one

2006 Wakesetter VLX - loan

2 properties - I won't glorify my second one like I know some have as an "investment property". I am upside down on it so it was converted to a rental. I will probably end up keeping it though. It will be paid off by the time I am 50. Will probably purchase more rentals in the future.

The house I live in is 4 bed, 3 bath, nice suburb in a culdesac.

2 dogs - Puggle and shih tzu - straight cash

Lol dude I got two dogs. Straight cash is the way to go. Depreciation is way too high for a loan.

25, teach US history and civics at the same high school I went to. I coach three sports and have a handful of mowing accounts for the summer. Also do landscaping here and there. Wife is 25 and is a registered dietician. No kids, one dog.

37 years old, Western Canadian Sales and Technical Manager for Stoller Enterprises Ltd. -- ironically this new job was a big upgrade in salary for me but now i'm having less time for the boat... damn!!

we own a cabin with wife's family..... bought it cheap before things went nuts in saskatchewan real estate market.

After wife got sick in 05 my outlook changed dramatically.... not so worried about being debt free young anymore... want to have as much fun with my family as possible... tomorrow is promised to no one!!!

Lets see, when I was 25, I was teaching and coaching 3 sports. My wife was a dietitian, we had no kids and one very stupid dog. Wow, what a 20 year flash back! Granted your boat was much nicer than ours! We had an I/O! (can I even say that here?)

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25, teach US history and civics at the same high school I went to. I coach three sports and have a handful of mowing accounts for the summer. Also do landscaping here and there. Wife is 25 and is a registered dietician. No kids, one dog.

I read an article in a trailer boat magazine last month that talked about boat buying, financing, etc. It stated that 92% of boat owners are over the age of 35. Apparently Wakeworld is a large part of the 8%...

I was 23 years old when we purchased our first boat.....22 years ago! It was a brand new 19' Century (no it wasn't wood. ) I/O. Pretty fancy boat and we paid $14k! Inflation on boats has been pretty steep the last 2 decades!

Damn 4 UA guys so far! If you looking to be able to buy a boat working in a blue collar trade, I'd say become a union plumber, pipefitter or HVAC/R service tech. I'm guessing you are a service tech if you work for trane Travis?

29, Offshore Cement Service Supervisor for Halliburton Energy Services out of the Houma, LA yard working 14 on/14 off (makes for lots of free time on the water)
Graduated from Mississippi State University with a BA in Communications
Living in Burleson, TX (just south of Ft. Worth) these days
Wife is a 29 y.o. Veterinarian for one of the more prominent vet clinics in South Arlington
No kids, 2 boxers and 2 english bulldogs that probably get treated better than most people's human kids, lol
Pretty good savings, good 401K already going, and now looking at buying into the wife's practice. Hoping/planning on retiring by 55, and it's looking pretty promising right now, maybe even a bit earlier than that

My Toys:
2012 Dodge Ram 3500 Cummins Megacab Dually 4x4 (financed, but got a smoking good deal thanks to my employer discount, and will not be getting rid of it anytime soon)
2010 Tahoe LT2 for the wife (financed, but will be paid off in the very near future)
2004 VW GTI VR6 (paid off, commuter for work since I have a 9 hour drive one way)
2013 Tige RZ4 (financed about 60% after trading in old boat)
3BR/3BA 2400 sq. ft. house built in 2005

27- work in construction, I supply rebar for highway projects in Texas.
Wife 34-medical asst since she was 18 so she is pretty established there.
Son 9- loves baseball, hates the boat. By hate I mean he is too busy with baseball or at his dads(he is m step son) than to learn to wakebaord.

Damn 4 UA guys so far! If you looking to be able to buy a boat working in a blue collar trade, I'd say become a union plumber, pipefitter or HVAC/R service tech. I'm guessing you are a service tech if you work for trane Travis?

Yeah i do service in the Seattle area. Love it so far. Just hate the city!